<html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> <meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> <title>ICONV_OPEN_INTO</title> </head> <body> <h1 align=center>ICONV_OPEN_INTO</h1> <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> <a href="#RETURN VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a><br> <a href="#ERRORS">ERRORS</a><br> <a href="#CONFORMING TO">CONFORMING TO</a><br> <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> <hr> <!-- Creator : groff version 1.17.2 --> <!-- CreationDate: Sun Sep 21 20:17:11 2008 --> <a name="NAME"></a> <h2>NAME</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> iconv_open_into - initialize descriptor for character set conversion</td></table> <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <pre><b>#include <iconv.h> int iconv_open_into (const char*</b> <i>tocode</i><b>, const char*</b> <i>fromcode</i><b>, iconv_allocation_t*</b> <i>resultp</i><b>); </b></pre></td></table> <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> The <b>iconv_open_into</b> function initializes a conversion descriptor suitable for converting byte sequences from character encoding <i>fromcode</i> to character encoding <i>tocode</i>. The conversion descriptor is stored in the memory pointed to by <i>resultp</i>.</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> The values permitted for <i>fromcode</i> and <i>tocode</i> are the same as for the function <b>iconv_open</b>.</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> After a successful return from this function, <i>resultp</i> can be be used as an <b>iconv_t</b> object with the <b>iconv</b> function.</td></table> <a name="RETURN VALUE"></a> <h2>RETURN VALUE</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> The <b>iconv_open_into</b> function fills <b>*</b><i>resultp</i> and returns 0 if it succeeds. In case of error, it sets <b>errno</b> and returns -1.</td></table> <a name="ERRORS"></a> <h2>ERRORS</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> The following error can occur, among others:</td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>EINVAL</b></td></table> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> The conversion from <i>fromcode</i> to <i>tocode</i> is not supported by the implementation.</td></table> <a name="CONFORMING TO"></a> <h2>CONFORMING TO</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> This function is implemented only in GNU libiconv and not in other <b>iconv</b> implementations. It is not backed by a standard. You can test for its presence through <b>(_LIBICONV_VERSION >= 0x010D)</b>.</td></table> <a name="SEE ALSO"></a> <h2>SEE ALSO</h2> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> <b>iconv_open</b>(3) <b>iconv</b>(3)</td></table> <hr> </body> </html>